I came up with this idea while sitting at a neglected, empty cafe at the mall. (Working on my book: Selling Art) The coffee was horrible. Distracted by my surroundings, this started as a poem but I got it down to this one sentence:

“Use what you learned to build a less-disappointing future.”

It was disappointing to see the cafe falling apart. I literally fell off my chair because it was broken. Just a little work and it could be a great hangout. Years ago, I’m sure it was shimmering with optimism. But nobody passed that torch.

Future generations will be disappointed too, of course. But the future could be less-disappointing, if we pass knowledge on.